Improvement in washing-machines



R. A. WARD av, R.-J. 1201mm. Washing-Machine;

'N o. 211.198. 1 1 Patented Jan. 7,1879! N1 PUB. FNOTO-LITHOGRAFNEF,WESHINGTOM D16.

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. WVARD AND ROBERT J.

ROGERS, OF SEAROY, ARKANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,198, dated January7, 1879; application filed March 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT A. WARD and ROBERT J. ROGERS, of Searcy, inthe county of White and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby dc clare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is aperspective view, Fig. 2 is a vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a bottomplan, of our improved clothes-washer.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention relates to that class of washing-machines which, bysuction, force the water through the clothes, which are thus cleansedrapidly and thoroughly; and it consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, A is a cylinder, made of wood, sheet metal, or othersuitable material, having a wide flaring bottom or base, B. In thecylinder A works a piston or valve, 0, consisting of a disk having acloselyfitting packing-ring, c, of rubber, leather, or other suitablematerial.

The valve 0 is connected by a pivoted staff, D, with a lever, E,fulcrumed upon a crossbar, 6, between the inclined arms F F of twostandards, F F, which are secured to the sides of the cylinder.

The standards FF,it will be observed, which are perpendicular andadapted where they come in contact with the cylinder or receptacle A,for attachment to the latter, are provided with backward-inclined arms FF, for the support of the fulcrum e of the lever E, the object of whichis to dispense with additional means or a frame-work for that purpose,as

ends of the standards F, and they are removably secured near the upperedge of the cylinder by screws I, which perform the double function ofsecuring the standards to the cylinder and of retaining the lid G inplace. When the cylinder has become foul from use, the screws I may bewithdrawn and the standards, heads, &c., may be removed for the purposeof cleaning it.

Gris a cover, arranged at the head of the cylinder, and having aperforation, g, for the staff D; and b b are rods or bars crossing eachother on the bottom side of the flaring base B, to the inner rim ofwhich they are secured.

In operation, the clothes are placed in a tub, with soap and water. Themachine is then placed in the tub, on top of the clothes, and the leverE operated, thus forcing the valve up and down in the cylinderr Thewater is thus alternately raised up into the 'cylinder and forced backthrough the clothes, which, by this process, are washed very thoroughlyand in less time than can be done with machines of a dilferentconstruction. The clothes are also much less worn than by that class ofmachines which wash by a rubbing process.

The bars b b at the bottom prevent the clothes from entering and chokingthe cylin der, and by the flaring base B we are enabled to cover alarger portion of clothes at a time than if this were omitted.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United Stator- In a clothes pounder or washer, thecombination, with the cylinder A, having lid G, of

the removable standards F, having inclined arms F, secured to saidcylinder bythe screws I and hasps H, substantially as and for thepurposes shown and described.

I11 testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBT. A. WARD. R. J. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

M. W. GENTRY, J. S. BooTH.

